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WCDT 2932-2936 (6th to 10th April 2015)
Gladstone:
That look on his face in Panel 1 isn't the look of someone going slightly out of their comfort zone, or someone who will look back on this date as a "good time." It's more of a blindfold-and-last-cigarette look. He fucked up and he knows it, and he can't take it back, and he is going to cry himself to sleep tonight.
BenRG:
There is a painful aspect to this, isn't there? Clinton is so struck by how pretty Emily looks that he seems stuck in a reflexive behaviour to attempt to please and/or impress her. That, in turn, is making him say things that he doesn't mean.
The sad thing is that it's working. Emily is impressed and clearly overjoyed to meet someone with the same whimsical impulses as she has! I just hope that Clinton doesn't blame her for this because, ultimately, all this is due to his weak will! I just hope that he at least gets a kiss out of this! Also... I wonder if Emily will get a matching tattoo or if she'll get one that matches her personality, like a butterfly?
The lesson, children? Bluffing or lying to your date in an attempt to appear more exciting never works. It will always blow up in your face eventually.
Lubricus:
Well, it might work, depending on what you hope to achieve, but it will certainly blow up in your face at the end.
improvnerd:
The thing is, Emily hasn't really been acting weird on this date. She's just been making small talk that Clinton is treating as calls to action.
At this point if Emily said "Nice weather for this time of year," Clinton would try to invent a machine to keep the weather from changing.
Also, remember Emily is someone who got her ears pierced on a whim. I think the impulsive tattoo thing is impressing her.
tywren:
--- Quote from: Gladstone on 08 Apr 2015, 23:08 ---That look on his face in Panel 1 isn't the look of someone going slightly out of their comfort zone, or someone who will look back on this date as a "good time." It's more of a blindfold-and-last-cigarette look. He fucked up and he knows it, and he can't take it back, and he is going to cry himself to sleep tonight.
--- End quote ---
If i'm reading things right, there is no slightly when it comes to Clinton's comfort zone; it's all the way in, or all the way out, with no grey, middle ground to be seen. Like i said, i think he's been that way ever sense he blew his hand off. That's why i said he'll need time to look back, and process, and that he'll only think of it as fun in hind sight. It may also be what leads him to re-discover that gray zone.
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